What Happened to Ibico Binding Machines and Binding Supplies?
For years, one of the largest names in the binding and laminating industry was Ibico Products. Ibico made some of the best Binding Machines, Laminators, and Binding Supplies on the market. However, in recent years you might have noticed that the Ibico brand has disappeared from the marketplace. Prompting us to ask the question, what ever happened to the Ibico Brand name? In 1998, Ibico AG was purchased by General Binding Corporation (GBC). However, GBC decided to continue to maintain the Ibico brand of products in addition the regular line of GBC products. GBC offered a full line of Ibico binding machines and binding supplies. This was the case until 2005. After more than a decade of supporting both the GBC and Ibico brands, General Binding Corporation made the decision in 2005 to discontinue the Ibico line of products. When GBC made the decision to stop supporting the Ibico brand of products, many of the Ibico machines were rebranded under new GBC model numbers. The Ibico Ibimatic bec
